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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where the MTA says it’s going ahead with the construction projects that congestion pricing was supposed to pay for.
Here’s what else is happening:
- One obstacle for New York City Comptroller Brad Lander in his mayoral bid: He’s racked up 133 traffic summonses since 2013.
- An unoccupied house in Westfield, New Jersey, exploded late last night, rattling the whole neighborhood.
- After yesterday’s triple shooting at a Randall’s Island migrant shelter, the NYPD raided the facility and confiscated dozens of stolen or unregistered mopeds.
- Prior to Mayor Adams’ last-minute executive order halting a law that would’ve banned most uses of solitary confinement in city jails, Rikers Island officials had done little to actually prepare for complying with the new rules.
- Jazz Chisholm Jr.: Great name, great start as a Yankee.
- Pommel Horse Guy came through.
- Roberto ‘Loli’ Linguanotto, an Italian pastry chef and the purported inventor of tiramisu, has died at the age of 81.
- And finally, it ain’t easy: